„Institutional coercion rendered these men into true believers, shrinking their consciences and heightening their tolerance for injustice and cruelty. In the most anti-Kantian sense, it taught that people were means, not ends.“

„One glance at this issue’s cover will tell you that social control is the theme of the moment. It’s probably serendipity that our cover film The Lives of Others has appeared at around the same time as Curtis‘ political-philosophical conspiracy theory. But this Oscar winning Stasi conspiracy thriller would not have struck its unnerving chord had not anxiety about the curtailment of our freedoms been in the air.“